Payroll Specialist

at  Linesight

Overview:
As an EMEA Payroll Specialist at Linesight, you will work with highly experienced, culturally diverse, and passionate teams nurturing a strong social dynamic and a shared sense of achievement. You will gain vast industry experience that will open doors for you, extend your skillset and expand your perspective. We will empower, support, and enable you to take real responsibility in your role so that you can take charge of your career progression with us. For us lasting trusted relationships are everything, both with our teams and our clients.
The Opportunity:

In this role you will:

• Take ownership of collating and accurately recording all payroll change data for various global payrolls
• Prepare payroll changes submissions monthly for various global entities, in this role primarily EMEA
• Engage with various external entities such as local and international payroll processors, Revenue, and international tax authorities
• Support the wider payroll team by administering Bike to Work/Tax Saver Schemes, distributing payslips, managing the application of special tax arrangements
• Manage the internal Payroll Mailbox and respond to all payroll-related queries including assisting with new hire onboarding and offboarding queries
• Be the lead point of contact for the company pension scheme and other third-party Benefit Providers relating to the set of countries assigned to you
• Track all statutory leave and apply associated payroll adjustments in line with local laws
• Partner with senior members of the payroll team and assist with payroll setup in new jurisdictions, review of general ledger codings, employee cost centre allocations
• Ensure timely payment of statutory payroll taxes and other related costs across each region
• Prepare detailed payroll gross to net reviews and reconciliations and provide first level review and approval on payroll reports for each of your assigned countries
• Assist the Financial reporting team with payroll related queries in a timely manner
• Provide compelling reporting on key payroll metrics to the wider team
• Assist in driving the global Payroll Change project, identifying opportunities for ongoing improvements, automation and streamlining processes gaining efficiency
• Provide support to the payroll manager on current and future projects as they arise

We would love to hear from you if you:

• Have a payroll qualification such as IPASS or CIPP or are on the path to completing one
• Have previous experience working in a payroll environment over the last 2 years and have an understanding of core payroll concepts
• Have knowledge of payroll regulations within either Europe, USA, Asia Pacific or the Middle East
• Are experienced in using Excel V-Lookups and Pivot Tables
• Are detail oriented and quality focused with an analytical and problem-solving mindset
• Love a dynamic environment with the opportunity to manage your own priorities and deadlines

About us:
Linesight is a highly successful global project and cost management consultancy that keeps clients coming back. And for that we have our people to thank. You see we’re not like the others. We’re different. Unique. It’s our fresh thinking and focus on what matters that has led to our evolving. We are on a journey working in some of the most exciting innovative sectors with some of the world’s most prestigious companies delivering major projects that deliver a more sustainable built environment. We have an open culture and a flat structure where you can expect to be treated with genuine care, respect, and empathy. With Linesight, you can truly discover the power of team!
Diversity, inclusion and accessibility
Linesight is committed to transparent, equal opportunity employment practices. We are building a diverse and inclusive organisation, accessible to all, based on having a safe culture which enables all our people to be their true selves. We are a people business, and we understand that the more inclusive we are, the happier our people and better our work will be. We will ensure that individuals with disability are provided reasonable accommodation to participate in the application or recruitment process and are accommodated in the workplace. If you require assistance or accommodation of any kind, please mention this in your application, we would love to hear from you

• Take ownership of collating and accurately recording all payroll change data for various global payrolls
• Prepare payroll changes submissions monthly for various global entities, in this role primarily EMEA
• Engage with various external entities such as local and international payroll processors, Revenue, and international tax authorities
• Support the wider payroll team by administering Bike to Work/Tax Saver Schemes, distributing payslips, managing the application of special tax arrangements
• Manage the internal Payroll Mailbox and respond to all payroll-related queries including assisting with new hire onboarding and offboarding queries
• Be the lead point of contact for the company pension scheme and other third-party Benefit Providers relating to the set of countries assigned to you
• Track all statutory leave and apply associated payroll adjustments in line with local laws
• Partner with senior members of the payroll team and assist with payroll setup in new jurisdictions, review of general ledger codings, employee cost centre allocations
• Ensure timely payment of statutory payroll taxes and other related costs across each region
• Prepare detailed payroll gross to net reviews and reconciliations and provide first level review and approval on payroll reports for each of your assigned countries
• Assist the Financial reporting team with payroll related queries in a timely manner
• Provide compelling reporting on key payroll metrics to the wider team
• Assist in driving the global Payroll Change project, identifying opportunities for ongoing improvements, automation and streamlining processes gaining efficiency
• Provide support to the payroll manager on current and future projects as they aris